GEM VDI Metafile
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Revision as of 13:39, 5 October 2016
GEM VDI Metafile (also called GEM Metafile, GEM Vector, or GEM VDI) is a vector graphics metafile format associated with the GEM operating environment by Digital Research.
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Identification
Files begin with bytes 0xFF 0xFF.
Following that is a two-byte integer reflecting the header size. It may use either big-endian or little-endian byte order. Likely values are 0x0018, 0x000E, and maybe 0x000F.
Specifications
- http://www.fileformat.info/format/gemvector/spec/index.htm
- GEM Programmer's Guide Vol. 1, Appendix C
- GEM VDI Reference Guide (v2.0), Appendix B
Sample files
- http://cd.textfiles.com/bthevhell/300/234/
- http://www.page6.org/st_lib/standard/st0393.php
- http://cd.textfiles.com/somuch/smsharew/CLIPART/GEMART2.ZIP
